Loosening Spyderco pocket clip...??

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Failed to find the topic on the Spyderco forum so asking here.
Is there a GOOD way to loosen the pocket clip? It's tearing up my pants.
I have tried a ...bit... of prying, but the tension is very heavy.
I don't want to snap the clip in two. :eek:

It's a stainless Native.

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Thanks in advance. :)
 
Just bend it. You can do it on the knife or remove it and use a vise with soft jaws. You won't snap it.

Maybe one of the weird clips like the Stovepipe or Drunken would be something to worry about but not a spoon clip.
 
Maybe better to remove it and then bend it, or there is a chance you will strip the screws.
 
You could grab something and stack under the clip to bend it.
For example I have some plastic thin boards to cut on. I would stack those and put it under the clip for just a few seconds. Would start with 3 and keep adding. At some point it will bend the clip just right and this way it would be a more controlled approach.
Easy to do too much and then you have to take it off and it's harder to test if it's the right tension when it's off.
 
Sergeua said:
You could grab something and stack under the clip to bend it.
For example I have some plastic thin boards to cut on. I would stack those and put it under the clip for just a few seconds. Would start with 3 and keep adding. At some point it will bend the clip just right and this way it would be a more controlled approach.
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Conventional wisdom says to use quarters (US coins). Rarely, one quarter will do it. I have gotten up to 7 quarters on a Boye Rescue knife without any effect on the titanium clip.

Often, I just want to bend the lip enough that the hem on my pocket will slip under. I use locking pliers at the low point of the clip behind the lip, then bend the lip up with a 16-inch demolition screwdriver for lots of leverage. Once upon a time, I tried to use a prybar on the clip of a Spyderco Dragonfly and ended up bending the prybar.

You may want to put masking tape on the handle to keep it from being marred.

Another thing I've done is that when there is a recess in the handle where the pocket clip screws on, I remove the clip and put some very thin wire around the screws underneath the clip. When this works right, it moves the entire clip slightly away from the handle
 
I think this is tricky and risky work.
I would take it to professional with proper tools, gadgets and machines to bend it professionally.
 
kobold said:
Maybe better to remove it and then bend it, or there is a chance you will strip the screws.
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If he can strip the screw on the knife in his photo by just hanging onto the clip he's got a job waiting at my circus.

I have personally bent a bunch of clips, spoon and wire by snagging them. Never stripped anything and have bent them all back with no ill effect.
 
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